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Head-to-head · LLM Evaluation Tools

Galileo vs Braintrust

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 8 checks side by side
Higher score Galileo #3 in LLM Evaluation Tools 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Galileo
Braintrust #5 in LLM Evaluation Tools 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Braintrust

Galileo leads on 1 check, Braintrust on 0, and 7 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 8 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreGalileo · 9.1/10
  • Lowest starting priceGalileo · $100/mo
  • Free planboth

Galileo scores higher on our rubric for llm evaluation tools: 9.1 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #5.

Galileo is cheaper to start at $100/mo against $249/mo.

Galileo is the better fit for organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails. Braintrust is the better fit for teams combining evaluations with production tracing.

  • Galileo fits best

    Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails

  • Braintrust fits best

    Teams combining evaluations with production tracing

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Side by side

Feature Galileo 9.1/10 Visit ↗ Braintrust 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.9
Ranking #3 in LLM Evaluation Tools #5 in LLM Evaluation Tools
Best for Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails Teams combining evaluations with production tracing
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $100/mo (best) $249/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7 Community, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO/SAML SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations 12 integrations 50+ integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Galileo 6/6 · Braintrust 6/6
Custom metrics ✓ ✓
LLM-as-a-judge ✓ ✓
Safety evaluations ✓ ✓
Human review workflows ✓ ✓
Prompt versioning ✓ ✓
CI/CD integration ✓ ✓
Specs
Deployment options Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Offline evaluations, custom metrics, LLM-as-a-judge, and safety checks
  • Production tracing, regression gates, and runtime guardrails in one platform
  • Free plan includes 5,000 traces monthly and unlimited custom evals
  • Combines offline, online, and human-reviewed evaluations
  • Turns production traces into evaluation datasets and regression tests
  • Supports hosted and self-hosted data-plane deployments
Cons
  • Pro is $100/month with annual billing and scales by trace volume
  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • Advanced deployment and security controls are reserved for Enterprise
  • Pro starts at $249 per month before usage-based charges
  • Starter retention is limited to 14 days
  • Broad scope may exceed the needs of evaluation-only teams
Our verdict

Galileo is an AI evaluation and observability platform for developers and enterprise AI teams. It covers LLM and agent workflows, RAG applications, prompts, datasets, and model outputs through offline evaluation runs, production tracing,…

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Braintrust is a platform for evaluating, monitoring, and improving AI applications and agents. It suits teams that need evaluation workflows alongside production observability, including dataset management, experiment comparison, scoring,…

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  1. GalileoLLM Evaluation Tools 9.1Free plan
  2. BraintrustLLM Evaluation Tools 8.9Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Galileo — where it wins

    • Offline evaluations, custom metrics, LLM-as-a-judge, and safety checks
    • Production tracing, regression gates, and runtime guardrails in one platform
    • Free plan includes 5,000 traces monthly and unlimited custom evals

    Where it doesn't

    • Pro is $100/month with annual billing and scales by trace volume
    • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
    • Advanced deployment and security controls are reserved for Enterprise

  • Braintrust — where it wins

    • Combines offline, online, and human-reviewed evaluations
    • Turns production traces into evaluation datasets and regression tests
    • Supports hosted and self-hosted data-plane deployments

    Where it doesn't

    • Pro starts at $249 per month before usage-based charges
    • Starter retention is limited to 14 days
    • Broad scope may exceed the needs of evaluation-only teams

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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